"Suspended" General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC) Atik Mohammed has asked government officials and politicians across board to stop stretching the issue of corruption over its limits in the country.
He believes it doesn’t augur well for the nation when opposition parties concentrate their efforts on finding fault with the government and giving premium to corruption issues based on perception.
Earlier this week, former President John Dramani Mahama, in a statement, labeled President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo as being “corrupt” after denying claims of diverting $13 million meant for the development of the Western Region from the E.O. Group.
The former President was cited in a petition written to Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu for an investigation to be conducted into the alleged misappropriation of the said development fund.
“Former President Mahama, unlike President Nana Akufo-Addo, is incorruptible. He, therefore, welcomes the said petition and expects the Special Prosecutor who the petitioners claim is the originator and source of the false and dubious claims, to expeditiously commence its work”, a statement signed by Mahama’s Special Aide Joyce Bawah Mogtari read.
But the ruling party, in a swift rebuttal, issued a statement signed by acting General Secretary John Boadu, saying; “Mahama, rather than Akufo-Addo, being incorruptible, we find this as perhaps the biggest joke of the century that will see every Ghanaian laughing.”
The NPP believes the allegation was made by an unexamined mind.
It follows a petition sent to the Special Prosecutor’s Office by a group of people who are calling for criminal investigations of Mr. Mahama for alleged diversion of $13 million into private pockets meant for the development of Western Region from the E.O. Group.
An alarmed Atik Mohammed was galled by the wild claims against President Nana Akufo-Addo and speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” on Thursday, stated the claims are “absurd stretches of logic”.
To him, it’s about time political figures stopped roping the President into every corruption issue and rather help to establish an even distribution of resources and development in the country.
“It’s time we stopped it and began to focus our energies on the necessary things that we should do to make sure that we make corruption the most unattractive enterprise in this country…We should continue to play our civil vigilance role of exposing corruption and making demands on government to take action but we shouldn’t concentrate all our efforts on corruption. Because if we do that, we lose the focus and we lose the fight; and the criminals will go away with their loot”, he stressed.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Pay everybody what you can afford, and dont add allowances to it. Consolidate their salaries with no allowances. No perks!! No takes this for transport or lunch.
Fuuliish NPP Despite Group FM Stations always skewing things to NPP's favour. Uselessss girls who read newspaper headlines at Neat FM will always say it as it is when it is about Mahama and from NPP's aligned newspapers, but try to white-wash everything negative about Akufo Addo because he is their god. ***barred word*** and cheap Akosua Sarpong and her lieutenants must wise up!
Am very sure you have miss the main point. Me as a ghanaian and many ghanaians did not vote the NDC out of power because NPP claim NDC is corrupt. The insults, disrespect of young ministers, bus branding, SUBA, SADA, ISOFOTON, 2014 World cup issues with Elvis Afriyie Ankrah and many many more. etc... are clear evidence to us ghanaians that the NDC after the demise of late prof Mills stole the county's money with dubious contracts. Ghanaians have not forgotten soo soon. Sure 2020 will come and ghanaians will still remmeber what the NDC did in their 8 yeras of ruling. Watch and see because we ghanaians are wild awake to allow conmen to come lie their way to power.
Atik you are fuuullllllllllllish man, hypocrite and unthruthful because they have bribed you and kweku baako to tell lies bias people so u always defend brindly.
atik also want a cheap post from akufo addo like his party flag bearer edward mahama. which party is more corrupt and superincompetent than this npp party? tweaaa. this bad luck npp party
Follow the discussions in the media, the corruption perception which has risen beyond 90% and you would see that it is not the making of Mahama. Is it Mahama who occasioned Nana Addo's 5,3,2,11 selection???. You should know better Atik. Leave Mahama alone.
Didn't NPP do the same thing when they were in opposition. Is it not what they sold to Ghanaians to win the election. Didn't they claim JDM & NDC are corrupt and incompetent there4 they should be rejected. Today what has change that we should be quiet when there is corrupt right from Julilee House, President in Kwesi Nyantakyi's pocket, but for Ana's expose who would have heard of all these things. Where were you when Explorer Ford given as a gift to JDM which he eventually added to the fleet of cars at the presidency, yet NPP in opposition tagged it as bribery. When HE Akuffo Addo was in opposition he shouted the loudest that JDM has formed family and friends government, today what do we see Atik tell. l am sure you are benefiting from the corruption in high proportion .Were you in Ghana when the phrase 'Create, loot and share' was coined?. l expect you Atik to be critic of this govt just as you were very critic of JDM govt. Hyp o crites like you. Nation wreckers.
ndc thinks by shouting corrupt corrupt will win them power in 2020. i think that was one of the recommendations of the kwesi botchway committee. i keep l000king for one sensible person in that party. they thought npp won power bcos of the corruption tag on mahama. but the truth is even a day old child new then that they were th13ves. only time will tell bcos i see most of them going to prison.